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This paper focuses on the blended learning measures used in engaging non-law students to study law. The challenge of teaching law to non-law students is that they come with a preconceived notion that law is difficult. It is therefore important for educators to have a more realistic expectation on non-law students compared with law students. The aim of this study is therefore to ensure that lessons are appropriately targeted for the non-law students along with increasing their level of participation in class. The paper employs a method involving THREE (3) broad stages of experiments, observations and surveys stretching over 14 weeks. This paper concludes with the finding that the activities built in during the lesson clearly exhibited a lot of student engagement and interest as shown from the results of the surveys conducted. The study also found that the participants were ready to embrace new methods in teaching and learning with the use of online tools thus enabling student-centered learning.
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Chandran, K., Sukumaran, S., Chandran, K. (2015). Effectiveness of Blended Learning Approaches in Engaging Non-law Students to Study Law. In: Uden, L., Liberona, D., Welzer, T. (eds) Learning Technology for Education in Cloud. LTEC 2015. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 533. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22629-3_13
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